Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté

Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté (in English: Intellectuals for Sovereignty), or IPSO, is a group of intellectuals studying and promoting Quebec independence.

Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté

Abbreviation	IPSO
Formation	June 21, 1995
Type	Non-profit corporation
Legal status	active
Purpose	advocate and public voice, educator and network
Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec
Region served	Quebec
Official language	French
President	Gilbert Paquette
Website	http://www.ipsoquebec.org

It was created on June 21, 1995 by the publication of their manifesto, four months before the second referendum on Quebec sovereignty took place.^[1] Among its founding members were politician and constitutional law professor Daniel Turp,^[2] Michel Seymour, Jacques-Yvan Morin, Kai Nielsen and others.^[1]

IPSO promotes Quebec sovereignty through the publication of works, organization of events (debates, conferences,^[3] protests) and participation in political activities. It was part of the Partenaires pour la souveraineté coalition.

Presidents

The IPSO presidency is renewed every year. Since the association was founded, many public intellectuals from Quebec's academic community have assumed this responsibility:^[4]

Name	Term
Michel Seymour	1995-1999
Jocelyne Couture	1999-2001
Pierre Noreau	2001-2003
Ercilia Palacio-Quintin	2003-2006
Anne Legaré	2006
Marylise Lapierre	2006-2008
Gilbert Paquette	2008-2012
Pierre Paquette	2013-2014
Gérald McNichols	2014-2015
Pierre Serré	2015-2018
Jean-François Payette	2018-2021
Florent Michelot	2021-

See also

• Quebec sovereignty movement
• Quebec nationalism
• Quebec politics
• List of active autonomist and secessionist movements

Notes

1. "A Yes for Change". ipsoquebec.org. IPSO. Archived from the original on 2011-02-03. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
2. David Biette, Stefanie Bowles (April 29, 2003). "A Roundtable Discussion with Daniel Turp". wilsoncenter.org. Wilson Center. Archived from the original on October 29, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
3. Andrew Potter. "And "Non" it is". macleans.ca. Maclean's Magazine. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
4. "Historique". ipsoquebec.org. IPSO. Archived from the original on 2011-05-03. Retrieved April 16, 2011.

External links

• Official website
• List of publications
• Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté (I) - Canadian Political Parties and Political Interest Groups - Web Archive created by the University of Toronto Libraries
• Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté (II)- Canadian Political Parties and Political Interest Groups - Web Archive created by the University of Toronto Libraries
• Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté (III)- Canadian Political Parties and Political Interest Groups - Web Archive created by the University of Toronto Libraries